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0 pointsdownWidOutaFite2y ago0 comments

That's not the same risk because 23andme also has name, address, email.

One risk if you have PII+genome is that a technically sophisticated entity can determine if you've physically been in a location. Also with an extensive PII+genome database they could find your family, for example for blackmail purposes.

Another risk is that a health insurance provider could deny you based on potential health issues they find in your genome.

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hiatus2y ago

Technically, even without PII an adversary could determine that you have been in a physical place, they just wouldn't know what to call you.

dekhn2y ago

Yes, but technically sophisticated entities can also use methods that require less effort.

https://xkcd.com/538/

zlg_codes2y ago

That's your defense? You asked for actual risks and when shown real, plausible ones recede into XKCD quotes. Clearly just a spoiler.

dekhn2y ago

What real, actual risks which I didn't already know about have been shown in this thread?

The point is that while you can use DNA to identify people in most cases, sufficiently motivated adversaries have more effective, cheaper, lower-technology approaches that they will use first.

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0 pointsdownWidOutaFite2y ago0 comments

That's not the same risk because 23andme also has name, address, email.

Another risk is that a health insurance provider could deny you based on potential health issues they find in your genome.

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hiatus2y ago

Technically, even without PII an adversary could determine that you have been in a physical place, they just wouldn't know what to call you.

dekhn2y ago

Yes, but technically sophisticated entities can also use methods that require less effort.

https://xkcd.com/538/

zlg_codes2y ago

That's your defense? You asked for actual risks and when shown real, plausible ones recede into XKCD quotes. Clearly just a spoiler.

dekhn2y ago

What real, actual risks which I didn't already know about have been shown in this thread?

The point is that while you can use DNA to identify people in most cases, sufficiently motivated adversaries have more effective, cheaper, lower-technology approaches that they will use first.

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